Perspective on "despair" of Arab world

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My answer was just being flip honestly, but I doubt the Kurds are celebrating because they've been conditioned or staged. All I can say is that this particular Egyptian intellectual doesn't live under Saddam, and so an opinion is an opinion, and it's about as worthy as you want it to be. Didn't some of my comments helpt to put it into context though?

Egypt is filled with tons of dissent and you'll hear lots of it from those working in the United States...it's no accident that Egypts "free press" Al Hayat is published from outside of Egypt though. Even the pro-Israel contingent turns a blind eye towards Egypts problems. Saddam was a problem that should have been taking care of by "their own". You can intellectualize the blame game, or the illusion of integrity within an ethnically cleansed society all you want .... but it's still very foolish.

While I'm not sure the Arab League nations should all adopt democracy at once, I do think they are capable of reforming with new rulership that represents the population of the region, and believes in a coexistance. As for your fears of doom and gloom... contrary to American fears, and world opinion....all this flexing of power is the one thing that's going to keep us alive.... restraint would show a sense of maturity and humanity, but it would also show weakness.... and you don't want an Islamic world that holds a unique view of death to see weakness.